It changed me forever. We were on vacation to a small like for 4th of July. It was my family and the family of one of my brothers friend. We all wanted to go on a pontoon boat late at night and enjoy a peaceful dinner. It started off as so until we saw a speedboat in the distance. We didn't think anything of it, its a lake on the fourth of July weekend, there's going to be other boats on the water even at night. Its when we noticed it was coming straight for us we started to worry. We had out boat lights on and we were holding up flashlight waving it down at them. There was no way they didn't see us. They didn't slow down. The realization hit all of us at seemingly the same time we were going to need to abandon ship. Everybody took off to separate parts of the boat or either jumped into the water. The boats then collided. The horrible sound of metal being ripped out of its place and the unknown of what was to come was one of the worse feelings I've ever felt. These moments forever scared me. It was later found out the driver of the speedboat was drunk and yet still operating. This horrific event forever changed me and how i viewed alcohol and other substances. I feel like a lot of kids when they were younger said they would never drink, but later break that. Me, I meant it. After seeing it first hand I would never want to get to anything close of causing an event like that to anybody. During those tragic moments too, I tried to remains calm as the other family had kids younger than me. Seeing them cry and lose it hurt me and i just felt like I couldn't do that. I had to comfort them and make jokes to them to try and lift them up. This is when I realized i wanted to be there for anybody. This is what eventually sent me down the path of wanting to become a psychiatrist and to help anyone in distress whenever I could.
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